El mandato afirmativo (tú) Escribe los apuntes en tus papeles, por favor.

Affirmative command Commands are not always meant to be considered “mean or demanding” There are different types of commands, this command is considered an informal command Informal “tú” form commands are odd because they are conjugated in the él/ella/usted form

Affirmative command Tell someone to do something Examples in the tú form “Pablo, lava la ropa.” “Linda, saca la basura.” “Cristóbal, cocina la cena ahora.” Commands are always used in dialogue between two people.

Affirmative commands Affirmative means that you are telling someone to do something as opposed to not to do something. For example, Take out a piece of paper, please. (Affirmative) Don’t take out a piece of paper. (Negative)

Irregular commands Hacer (to do, make) Haz Tener (to have) Ten Poner (to put, place) Pon Salir (to leave) Sal Decir (to say, tell) Di Ser (to be) Sé Ir (to go) Ve Venir (to come) Ven

Práctica sacude vive pide di pruebas juega ayuda recicla dice pon pones quitas haz quedas trabaja trae

Commands with direct object pronouns Many times direct object pronouns can be used with commands. For example, instead of saying “ put your pencil away ” you can say “put it away”

Creating commands with direct object pronouns Attach the DOP to end of the affirmative command When attached, if the command has more than 2 syllables, an accent is added -¿Qué debo hacer con las botellas y latas? Sepáralas, por favor

Acentos Natural stress falls on the second to last syllable If the command has multiple syllables and a DOP is added an accent is necessary. For example, the natural stress in the word come is on the underlined syllable come If the command was “Eat the fruit” and you want to say “Eat it” instead the command would go from… “Come la fruta” to…. “Comela” but a DOP was added which means the original stessed vowel needs an accent. Where would it go? “Cómela”

Práctica con accentos Poner/ los tenis/ en el clóset Pon los tenis en el clóset. Ponlos en el clóset. Sacar/ la basura/ al garaje Saca la basura al garaje Sácala al garaje. Hacer/ la cama/ por la mañana Haz la cama por la mañana. Hazla por la mañana.

Escribe tres mandatos nuevos. Create three complete commands Write the same command using a direct object pronoun Do not use the same verbs we used as practice (Poner, Sacar or Hacer)

Más práctica Tiene que apagar las luces. Apaga las luces/ Apágalas Debemos conservar energía. Conserva energía/ Consérvala Tenemos que estudiar el vocabulario para el examen. Estudia el vocabulario para el examen/ Estúdiala para el examen. Necesitamos conservar agua. Conserva agua/ Consérvalo Tiene que separar la basura. Separa la basura/ Sepárala